Mobile robot exploration in indoor enivronment using topological structure with invisible barcodes

ETRI Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 189-200

  Huh, Jinwook ^a   Chung, Woong Sik ^b   Nam, Sang Yep ^c   Chung, Wan Kyun ^d  

^a Agency for Defence Development   (South Korea)

^b Research Center   (South Korea)

^c Department of Early Childhood Education Kookje College   (South Korea)

^d Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Invisible barcode; Mobile robot; Navigation; Topological mapping

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BAR CODES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMAL MAPPING; ERROR ANALYSIS; NAVIGATION;

NAVIGATION PROBLEMS; TOPOLOGICAL MAPPING; TOPOLOGICAL STRUCTURES;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 34147178824     PISSN: 12256463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4218/etrij.07.0106.0066     Document Type: Article

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